Carbon Nanotubes as Fluorescent Labels for Surface Plasmon Resonance-Assisted Fluoroimmunoassay

The photoluminescence properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), including the large Stokes shift and the absence of fluorescent photobleaching, can be used as a fluorescent label in biological measurements. In this study, the performance of CNTs as a fluorescent label for surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-assisted fluoroimmunoassay is evaluated. The fluorescence of (8, 3) CNTs with an excitation wavelength of 670 nm and an emission wavelength of 970 nm is observed using a sensor chip equipped with a prism-integrated microfluidic channel to excite the SPR. The minimum detectable concentration of a CNT dispersed in water using a visible camera is 0.25 μg/mL, which is equivalent to 2 × 1010 tubes/mL. The target analyte detection using the CNT fluorescent labels is theoretically investigated by evaluating the detectable number of CNTs in a detection volume. Assuming detection of virus particles which are bound with 100 CNT labels, the minimum number of detectable virus particles is calculated to be 900. The result indicates that CNTs are effective fluorescent labels for SPR-assisted fluoroimmunoassay.

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